[misterrob]

He has local interests to consider with respect to drilling. Tourism plays a huge role in the economy down there and he's unwilling to do anything to screw with it.

With respect to immigration, given how many hispanics are in Florida there's no way any politician survives by taking a hard line approach. Their support helped keep Kerry out of the WH last time around it.

[stainlessbanner]

I have some friends that came over on the Mariel Boatlift who are none too happy about the current immigration direction.

[volchef]

Sorry, but I think Jeb's stance on immigration has less to do with state politics than with personal conviction. He isn't running for anything else (so far as we know) so he's taken the wrong stance toward what's doing the right thing. As far as the drilling is concerned, my husband works at a HUGE resort in Florida. We are intimately tied to the tourism industry, but I don't care what you say oil platforms 3 miles off shore aren't going to destroy florida tourism and politicians who say so are being dishonest. They are beholden to the enviro whackos.